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  <title>Kiva Loans for Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. (NWTF)</title>
  <link>http://www.kiva.org/</link>
  <description>Kiva Loans for Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. (NWTF)</description>
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   <title>Lydia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/431103</link>
   <description>
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   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1104923.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lydia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $575 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 27, 2012
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   			Lydia is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a business buying and selling dried fish in the Philippines. 

She is borrowing 25,000 PHP through NWTF to purchase additional boxes of dried fish to sell for her business of buying and selling dried fish.

Lydia has been in this business for 12 years. Lydia earns more income from a poultry business.

Lydia has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams to build and expand her business to secure the financial stability of her family.
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         <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 05:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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   <title>Marianie : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430599</link>
   <description>
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   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430599&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101834.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Marianie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$500 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
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   			Marianie is 36 years old, married, and has two children who are in school. She is a very hard working entrepreneur. Marianie has a business selling used clothing in the Philippines. She requested a 29,500 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase an additional bundle of used clothes to sell. Marianie has been in this business for 10 years. In the future, Marianie would like to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college.

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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:01:26 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:category>Used Clothing</media:category>
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   <title>Annie : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430576</link>
   <description>
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   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430576&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101630.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Annie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$200 of $400 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
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   			Annie is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a fishing business in the Philippines. 

She is borrowing PHP 17000 through NWTF to buy fishing gear and other equipment for her fishing business.

Annie has been in this business for 25 years. Annie earns more income from pig fattening.

Annie has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She wants to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:20:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:category>Fishing</media:category>
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   <title>Asuncion : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/431102</link>
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   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/431102&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1104922.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Asuncion&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 27, 2012
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   			Asuncion is 78 years old and married with 7 children.

Asuncion works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a 19,000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell.

Asuncion has borrowed and repaid 14 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 35 years and also earns an income from farming sugarcane.

Asuncion aspires to save money to expand her business.
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         <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 05:50:01 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Gillem : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425315</link>
   <description>
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   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425315&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090276.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gillem&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$325 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
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   			Gillem is 44 years old and married with four children.

Gillem works hard to provide for her family. She runs a nipa (woven palm mats) retail business in the Philippines and requested a PHP 20000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stocks to sell.

Gillem has borrowed and paid three loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the nipa (woven palm mats) retail business for eight years and also earns an income from fish pond operations.

Gillem aspires to save enough money so she could afford to send her children to college.

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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 20:01:01 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:category>Retail</media:category>
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   <title>Rodelyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430727</link>
   <description>
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   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430727&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102737.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rodelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$400 of $625 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
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   			Rodelyn is 34 years old and married with 3 children.

Rodelyn works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 27000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.

Rodelyn has borrowed and paid 20 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 11 years and also earns an income from raising pigs.

Rodelyn aspires to save enough money so that she could afford to send her children to college.

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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:20:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102737.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rodelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Rebecca : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430580</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430580&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101674.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rebecca&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$200 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
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   			For the last four years, Rebecca has worked hard to support her family by running a copra (or dried coconut kernel) business in the Philippines. She has requested a loan for PHP 12,000 through NWTF to buy coconuts. Rebecca earns additional income from raising livestock, and would like to save enough money to improve her business and repair her family home.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:50:05 PDT</pubDate>
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   <title>Rosalina : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/418975</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/418975&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1076871.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rosalina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$300 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 27, 2012
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   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Rosalina works hard to support her family. She is married and has a restaurant business in the Philippines.

Rosalina requested a PHP 25,000 loan through NWTF to buy ingredients for food production and utensils. She has been in this business for 20 years.

In the future, Rosalina would like to build and expand her business to support the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:10:10 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1076871.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rosalina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   <media:category>Restaurant</media:category>
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   <title>Maredil : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/419137</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419137&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1077430.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Maredil&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$325 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 28, 2012
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   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Maredil works hard to support her family. Maredil is married and has a restaurant business in the Philippines.

Maredil requested a loan of PHP 30,000 through NWTF to purchase more ingredients for her restaurant business.

Maredil has been in this business for a year now.

In the future, Maredil would like to save enough money to expand her business.
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         <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:50:06 PDT</pubDate>
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   <title>Lolita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425493</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425493&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1092279.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lolita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
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   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lolita is 55 years old and married with 12 children, four of whom are in school. She is a very hard working entrepreneur.

Lolita has a rice grains business in the Philippines, and she has been in this business for 5 years. She requested a 15,000 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase rice to sell.

In the future, Lolita would like to save money to expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:30:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425493&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1092279.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lolita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
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   <media:category>Cereals</media:category>
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   <title>Valentina : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430657</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430657&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101911.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Valentina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$250 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
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   			As a married parent of four children, Valentina works hard to support her family.

She has a restaurant business in the Philippines, and also earns additional income from motorcycle transport.  Valentina is borrowing PHP 30000 through Kiva partner NWTF in order to buy additional ingredients for her restaurant business.

Valentina has been sustaining her business activities through her past 12 loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:30:26 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:category>Food Production/Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Azucena : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430561</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430561&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1100003.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Azucena&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$175 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Azucena is 55 years old, married, and has one child who attends school.  Azucena works very hard to provide for them. Azucena sells gasoline, which she has been doing for 15 years. 

Azucena is requesting a loan for 12,000 PHP through NWTF, which she will use to buy more gasoline.  In the future, Azucena would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430561&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1100003.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Azucena&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Fuel/Firewood</media:category>
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   <title>Melinda : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430602</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430602&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101848.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Melinda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$175 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Melinda is 47 years old and married with one child. She works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a loan of 30,000 Philippines pesos (PHP) through NWTF to purchase additional items to sell.

Melinda has borrowed and paid 14 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 21 years and also earns an income from food vending.

Melinda aspires to save money to expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430602&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101848.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Melinda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Jinky : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430091</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430091&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1097143.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jinky&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$225 of $525 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 23, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Jinky is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a rice retailing business in the Philippines. 

She is borrowing PHP 22,000 through NWTF to buy more rice to sell to her customers.

Jinky has been in this business for 15 years. Jinky earns more income from vegetable vending and running a general store.

Jinky has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams of saving enough to provide a secure future for her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:50:07 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430091&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1097143.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jinky&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Cereals</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Susime : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430168</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430168&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1098890.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Susime&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$250 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 24, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Susime is married and has worked hard to support her family for the last 26 years by running a salted shrimp business in the Philippines. She has requested a loan for PHP 29,500 through NWTF to buy more salted shrimp to sell to her customers. Her goal for the future is to save enough money to provide a secure future for her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:00:11 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430168&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1098890.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Susime&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Food</media:category>
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   <title>Marissa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430584</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430584&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101713.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Marissa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Marissa works hard to support her family. Marissa is married and has a clothing sales business in the Philippines.

Marissa requested a PHP 16,000 loan through NWTF to buy more clothes to sell.

Marissa has been in this business for 15 years now, and she also earns some additional income from fishing.

In the future, Marissa would like to save enough money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:50:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430584&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101713.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Marissa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Clothing Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Glenda : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430720</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430720&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102603.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Glenda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Glenda is 56 years old, married, and has three children.  

Glenda works hard to provide for her family.  She runs a charcoal retail business in the Philippines and requested a 16,000 Philippine Peso (PHP) loan through NWTF to buy additional sacks to sell.  

Glenda has borrowed and repaid four loans from NWTF before this loan.  She has been running the charcoal retail business for three years and also earns an income from a general store.  

Glenda aspires to save money to expand her business.  


   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:10:05 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430720&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102603.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Glenda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Charcoal Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Marilou : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430723</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430723&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1102668.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Marilou&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Marilou is 48 years old and married with 5 children.

Marilou works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 20000 loan through NWTF to buy more stock to sell.

Marilou has borrowed and paid 3 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 5 years and also earns an income from buying and selling fruit.

Marilou aspires to build and expand her business in order to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:10:05 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430723&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1102668.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Marilou&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Lourlyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425978</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425978&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1095012.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lourlyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$475 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 15, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lourlyn is 42 years old and married with two children.

Lourlyn works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 30,000 loan through NWTF to buy additional items to sell.

Lourlyn has borrowed and paid back six previous loans from NWTF. She has been running the general store for two years and also earns an income from pig fattening.

Lourlyn aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 03:20:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425978&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1095012.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lourlyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Susan : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430179</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430179&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1098957.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Susan&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $575 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 24, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Susan is 48 years old and single.  She works hard to provide for her family. She runs a sari-sari (general) store in the Philippines, which she has been doing for eight years.

Susan is requesting a loan for 25,000 PHP through NWTF, which she will use to buy groceries to sell in her store.  Susan aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:00:09 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430179&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1098957.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Susan&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Rosalie : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430573</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430573&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101601.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rosalie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $575 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Rosalie is 36 years old and married with four children.

Rosalie works hard to provide for her family. She runs a sari-sari store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 25000 loan through NWTF to purchase more goods for her sari-sari store to sell to her customers.

Rosalie has borrowed and repaid 9 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the sari-sari store for 8 years and also earns an income from raising pigs.

Rosalie aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:10:16 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430573&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101601.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rosalie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Cecilia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430578</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430578&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101639.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Cecilia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $675 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Cecilia is a hardworking entrepreneur who has earned a living for the past 36 years by running a general store in the Philippines. She has requested a loan for PHP 29,000 through NWTF to buy items such as shampoo and groceries to sell to her customers. In addition to running her store, Cecilia earns money on the side from fishing and pig fattening. She has sustained her business through her own hard work and with the help of loans from NWTF. She dreams of saving enough money to expand her business and continue sending her children to school.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101639.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430578&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101639.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Cecilia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Angela : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430586</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430586&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096997.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Angela&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Angela works hard to support her family. She is single and has a sari-sari (variety) store business in the Philippines.

Angela requested a loan of 20,000 Philippines pesos (PHP) through NWTF to buy items like shampoo and groceries to sell in her sari-sari store. She has been in this business for nine years now, and also earns additional income from E-loading (selling prepaid cell phone credits).

In the future, Angela would like to save money to expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430586&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096997.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Angela&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Florencia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430659</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430659&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1102536.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Florencia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $550 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Florencia is 46 years old and married with a child. For the past five years, she has been selling personal products in the Philippines. Florencia is a very hardworking entrepreneur. 

Florencia is requesting a 23,000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy more stock to sell to her customers. In the future, she would like to build and expand her business and secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:30:26 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430659&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1102536.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Florencia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Personal Products Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Estela : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420009</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420009&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1081067.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Estela&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$425 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 29, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Estela is 58 years old and married with 3 children. She works very hard to provide for them.

Estela runs a business direct-selling Avon products in the Philippines. She has been in this business for 20 years and sells a variety of items such as lotion, shampoo, perfumes, and soap. She has requested a PHP 29,500 loan through NWTF to buy additional products to sell.

In the future, Estela would like to save money to expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:30:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420009&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1081067.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Estela&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Personal Products Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Elna : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420792</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420792&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1082232.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$525 of $950 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 30, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Elna is forty-two years old and married with three children.

Elna works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 40,000 loan through NWTF to buy more stock to sell in her general store.

Elna has borrowed and paid for seventeen loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for thirteen years and also earns an income from fish-vending.

Elna aspires to save enough money to buy farm land.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:09 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420792&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1082232.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Normadia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421871</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421871&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085445.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Normadia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$250 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Normadia is 49 years old and married with 6 children. With 2 children in school, Normadia works very hard to provide for them.

Normadia runs a business buying and selling nipa (woven palm mats) in the Philippines and requested a PHP 30000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.

Normadia has been in this business for 5 years.

In the future Normadia would like to build and expand her business to secure the financial stability of her children.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 13:40:10 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421871&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085445.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Normadia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Retail</media:category>
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   <title>Rosie : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424105</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424105&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087663.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rosie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$325 of $550 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Rosie is widowed and has four children. She works very hard to provide for them.  Rosie runs a general store in the Philippines, which she has been doing for 15 years.  She sells a variety of items such as sugar, milk, soap, and soft drinks.

Rosie is requesting a loan for 23,000 PHP through NWTF, which she will use to purchase more stock to sell.  In the future Rosie would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:40:01 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424105&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087663.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rosie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Delyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425325</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425325&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090327.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Delyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$225 of $500 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Delyn is married with 4 children. She is a very hard working entrepreneur. Delyn is 31 years old and has 2 children who are in school.

Delyn has a business buying and selling of fish in the Philippines. Delyn requested a PHP 21,000 loan through NWTF to purchase additional boxes of fish to sell.

Delyn has been in this business for 3 years. In the future, she would like to save money to expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 20:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425325&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090327.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Delyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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   <title>Nida : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425356</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425356&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090438.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Nida&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$250 of $625 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Nida works hard to support her family. Nida is married and has a rice retail business in the Philippines.
Nida requested a loan of PHP 26,000 through NWTF to buy additional sacks of rice to sell.
Nida has been in this business for four years now.
In the future, Nida would like to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425356&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090438.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Nida&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Retail</media:category>
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   <title>Rhodally : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425476</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425476&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1091526.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rhodally&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$200 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Rhodally is 31 years old and married with 3 children. With all children in school, she works very hard to provide for them.

Rhodally runs a sari-sari (variety) store in the Philippines. She has been in this business for 10 years and sells a variety of items such as snack foods, detergent and other groceries. 

Rhodally requested a PHP 29,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.

In the future, Rhodally would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:10:10 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1091526.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425476&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1091526.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rhodally&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Evangeline : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425906</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425906&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1093546.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evangeline&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$175 of $550 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Evangeline is 52 years old and married with eight children, three in school. Evangeline works very hard to provide for her children, running a business buying and selling charcoal in the Philippines. She is requesting a PHP 23000 loan through NWTF to buy additional sacks of charcoal to sell.

Evangeline has been in this business for 10 years. In the future, Evangeline would like to save money to expand her business.


   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:40:16 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425906&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1093546.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evangeline&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Charcoal Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Luzvisminda : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425966</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425966&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1093578.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Luzvisminda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 15, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Luzvisminda is 61 years old and married with 4 children.

Luzvisminda works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and has requested a loan of 29,000 PHP through NWTF to purchase more stocks to sell.

Luzvisminda has borrowed and repaid 17 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 18 years and also earns an income from the direct selling of Avon products.

Luzvisminda aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425966&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1093578.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Luzvisminda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Lucita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/428947</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/428947&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1095836.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lucita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $400 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 21, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lucita is 36 years old and married with 3 children.

She works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 17,000 loan through NWTF to buy additional stock to sell.

Lucita has borrowed and repaid 5 loans from NWTF prior to this loan. She has been running the general store for one year and also earns an income from buying and selling livestock.

Lucita aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 21:30:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/428947&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1095836.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lucita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Elizabeth : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/428960</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/428960&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1095851.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elizabeth&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Elizabeth is 52 years old and married with 5 children.

Elizabeth works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and has requested a loan of 25,000 PHP through NWTF to purchase additional stocks to sell.

Elizabeth has borrowed and repaid 9 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 4 years and also earns an income from electronic reloading, food vending and selling vegetables.

Elizabeth aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/428960&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1095851.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elizabeth&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Teresita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429074</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429074&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096054.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Teresita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Teresita is 63 years old and married with seven children.

Teresita works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a loan of 16,000 Philippines pesos (PHP) through NWTF to buy more stock for her general store to sell.

Teresita has borrowed and paid 14 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 8 years and also earns an income from clothing sales. She aspires to save enough to provide a secure future for her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:20:23 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096054.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429074&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096054.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Teresita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Ma. Theresa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429077</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429077&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096088.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ma. Theresa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $350 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Ma. Theresa is married with three children. She is a very hard working entrepreneur. She is 32 years old and has three children who are in school.

Ma. Theresa has a sari-sari (variety) store business in the Philippines. Ma. Theresa requested a loan of 15,000 Philippines pesos (PHP) through NWTF to buy items to sell such as soft drinks, coffee, and sugar.

Ma. Theresa has been in this business for 4 years. In the future, she would like to save enough money to have a mini grocery at the public market.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429077&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096088.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ma. Theresa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Lilibeth : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429082</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429082&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096107.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lilibeth&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $325 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lilibeth is 61 years old and married with four children. Lilibeth works very hard to provide for them. 

Lilibeth runs a sari-sari store in the Philippines and has requested a 13,000 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell. Lilibeth has been in this business for 11 years and sells a variety of items such as canned goods, sugar, soap, and snack foods. In the future Lilibeth would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:40:02 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096107.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429082&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096107.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lilibeth&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Cristina : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429097</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429097&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096859.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Cristina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Cristina is married with 3 children. She is a very hard working entrepreneur. Cristina is 52 years old and has one child who is in school.

Cristina has a fish vending business in the Philippines. Cristina requested a PHP 25000 loan amount through NWTF to buy additional stocks of fish to sell.

Cristina has been in this business for 6 years. In the future, Cristina would like to build and expand her business to secure the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:01:00 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096859.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429097&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096859.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Cristina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Jocelyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429105</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429105&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096885.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jocelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $325 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Jocelyn works hard to support her family. She is married and has a general store business in the Philippines.

Jocelyn requested a PHP 13000 loan through NWTF to buy items to sell like shampoo, snack foods and other miscellaneous items.

Jocelyn has been in this business for 12 years.

In the future, she would like to save enough to improve her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:10:13 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096885.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429105&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096885.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jocelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Lorna : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429510</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429510&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096886.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lorna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lorna is 54 years old and married with three children.

Lorna works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a 20,000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell.

Lorna has borrowed and paid 19 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 23 years and also earns an income from raising pigs.

Lorna aspires to save enough money to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:20:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096886.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429510&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096886.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lorna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Zenaida : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429527</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429527&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096950.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Zenaida&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Zenaida is 43 years old and married with 3 children. With all her children in school, Zenaida works very hard to provide for them.

Zenaida runs a sari-sari store (general store) in the Philippines and requested a PHP 20000 loan through NWTF to purchase more items to sell.

Zenaida has been in this business for 5 years and sells a variety of items such as soap, sugar, snack foods and other groceries. 

In the future Zenaida would like to save money to expand her business and send her children to school.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:40:02 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096950.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429527&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096950.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Zenaida&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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  </item>
    <item>
   <title>Azucena : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430149</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430149&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1097190.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Azucena&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 24, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Azucena works hard to support her family. Azucena is married and has a fishing business in the Philippines. Azucena has been in this business for 15 years now.

Azucena requested a PHP 30,000 loan through NWTF to buy fishnet, bamboo and other fishing equipment for her business.

In the future, Azucena would like to save enough money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1097190.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430149&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1097190.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Azucena&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fishing</media:category>
   <media:credit role="producer">kiva</media:credit>
  </item>
    <item>
   <title>Delma : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430155</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430155&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1097203.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Delma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 24, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Delma works hard to support her family. She is married and has a fishing business in the Philippines. Delma has been in this business for 25 years.

Delma requested a 20,000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy fishing net, nylon cord, etc. for her fishing.

In the future, Delma would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:30:02 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1097203.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430155&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1097203.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Delma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fishing</media:category>
   <media:credit role="producer">kiva</media:credit>
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    <item>
   <title>Josephine : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430172</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430172&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1098903.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Josephine&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 24, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Josephine is 44 years old, married and the mother of four children. For the last six years, she has worked very hard to provide for her family by running a variety store in the Philippines. She has requested a loan for PHP 16,000 through NWTF to buy more items to sell to her customers. In the past, she  has received other loans through Kiva. Her goal for the future is to save enough money to be able to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1098903.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430172&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1098903.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Josephine&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Annabel : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430183</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430183&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1099751.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Annabel&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 24, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Annabel is 41 years old and married with five children.

Annabel works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 18,000 loan through NWTF to buy more items like shampoo, groceries etc. to sell in her sari-sari store.

Annabel has borrowed and repaid 10 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for five years and also earns an income from clothing sales.

Annabel aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430183&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1099751.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Annabel&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Anita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430184</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430184&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1099811.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Anita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 24, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Anita works hard to support her family. Anita is married and has a souvenir sales business in the Philippines. She requested a PHP 12,000 loan through NWTF to buy materials for her business.

Anita has been in this business for 3 years. In the future, Anita  would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430184&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1099811.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Anita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Souvenir Sales</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Delia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430568</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430568&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1100009.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Delia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $350 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Delia is 36 years old and married with 2 children. She works very hard to provide for them. Delia runs a charcoal retail business in the Philippines and requested a 15,000 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase additional sacks of charcoal to sell. Delia has been in this business for 2 years.

In the future, Delia would like to build and expand her business to secure the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430568&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1100009.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Delia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Charcoal Sales</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Evelyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430571</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430571&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1100924.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Evelyn is 49 years old, married, and has four children.  She works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines, which she has been doing for 10 years.  She earns additional income from selling charcoal and bananas.  

Evelyn is requesting her sixth loan from NWFT for 12,000 PHP, which she will use to purchase additional items to sell.  Evelyn aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430571&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1100924.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Ma. Yvonne : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430572</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430572&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101596.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ma. Yvonne&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Ma. Yvonne is 38 years old and married.

Ma. Yvonne works hard to provide for her family. She runs a sari-sari store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 19500 loan through NWTF to buy items like shampoo, groceries etc.to sell in her sari-sari store.

Ma. Yvonne has borrowed and repaid 7 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the sari-sari store for 8 years and also earns an income from E-loading.

Ma. Yvonne aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:10:16 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430572&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101596.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ma. Yvonne&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Bella : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430575</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430575&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1101622.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Bella&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Bella works hard to support her family. She is married and has a clothing sales business in the Philippines.

Bella requested a PHP 12000 loan through NWTF to buy more pants, blouses, slippers, bags and other clothing.

She has been in this business for 10 years.

In the future, Bella would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:20:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430575&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1101622.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Bella&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Clothing Sales</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Jenelyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430579</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430579&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1101672.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jenelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $500 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Jenelyn is 44 years old, married, and has two children.  Jenelyn works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines, which she has been doing for 18 years.  She earns additional income from raising livestock. 

Jenelyn is requesting her tenth loan from NWTF for 21,000 PHP, which she will use to purchase more items to sell in her store. Jenelyn aspires to save money to expand her business.

 


   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430579&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1101672.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jenelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Analyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430585</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430585&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101722.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Analyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Analyn is 30 years old. She is married and has four children.  With all children in school, Analyn works very hard to provide for them.

Analyn runs a general store in the Philippines and has requested a PHP 13,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more items to sell.

Analyn has been in this business for six years and sells a variety of items such as soap, detergent, cooking oil, and other miscellaneous items. 

In the future, Analyn would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:50:04 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101722.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430585&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101722.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Analyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Ella : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430650</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430650&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1101885.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ella&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Ella is 44 years old, married, and has three children. She works very hard to provide for them. Ella runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a 29,500 PHP loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell in her general store. She has been in this business for 15 years and sells a variety of items such as eggs, biscuits, sugar, candies, soap, and other groceries. In the future Ella would like to buy a tricycle for her husband&#039;s business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1101885.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430650&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1101885.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ella&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Benilda : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430663</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430663&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1102574.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Benilda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Benilda is 49 years old and married. She works hard to provide for her family.

Benilda runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a loan of 30,000 Philippines pesos (PHP) through NWTF to purchase more stock of products to sell.

Benilda has borrowed and paid eight loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 12 years and also earns an income from rice retail. She aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:01:01 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1102574.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430663&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1102574.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Benilda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Delia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430717</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430717&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102599.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Delia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $675 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married parent of nine children, Delia works hard to support her family.  

She has an ambulant vending business selling dried fish and eggs in the Philippines, and also earns additional income from a general store and buying and selling of fruits.  Delia is borrowing 29,500 Philippine Pesos (PHP) through NWTF to buy more stock to sell from her fish and egg business.  

Delia has been sustaining her business activities through her past 15 loans from NWTF.  She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream to save money to expand her business.  


   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:00:59 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102599.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430717&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102599.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Delia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Jocelyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430722</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430722&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102665.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jocelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $575 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Jocelyn is 48 years old and married with 4 children. She works very hard to provide for them.

Jocelyn runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 25000 loan through NWTF to buy additional items to sell in the store.

Jocelyn has been in this business for 12 years and sells a variety of items such as cooking oil, soap, shampoo, noodles, canned goods, egg, etc.

In the future Jocelyn would like to save money in order to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:00:59 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102665.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430722&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1102665.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jocelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
   <media:credit role="producer">kiva</media:credit>
  </item>
    <item>
   <title>Esmeralda : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/419497</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419497&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1077509.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Esmeralda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 29, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Esmeralda is 48 years old and married with 3 children. With 2 children in school, Esmeralda works very hard to provide for them.

Esmeralda runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 30000 loan through NWTF to buy additional items to sell.

Esmeralda has been in this business for 12 years and sells a variety of items such as coffee, cream, sugar, eggs, etc.

In the future Esmeralda would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419497&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1077509.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Esmeralda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Norma : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/419510</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419510&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1077581.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Norma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $625 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 29, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Norma is 54 years old and married with three children.

Norma works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a 26,000 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase more items like soft drinks, canned goods, detergent and other groceries to sell.

Norma has borrowed and repaid 15 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 20 years and also earns an income from farming sugarcane.

Norma aspires to save enough money to buy a truck for her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419510&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1077581.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Norma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Hassel : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/419528</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419528&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1078629.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Hassel&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 29, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Hassel is 54 years old and married with 4 children. She works very hard to provide for them.

Hassel runs a sari-sari store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 25,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more inventory to sell.

Hassel has been in this business for 15 years and sells a variety of items such as shampoo, sugar, and other miscellaneous items. 

In the future, Hassel would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:10:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419528&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1078629.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Hassel&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Arjean : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/419531</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419531&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1077492.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Arjean&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 29, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Arjean is 46 years old and married with 10 children.

Arjean works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 19,000 loan through NWTF to purchase additional inventory for her business.

Arjean has borrowed and repaid 7 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 5 years and also earns additional income from pig fattening.

Arjean aspires to save enough money so she could afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:20:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/419531&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1077492.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Arjean&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Juvy : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420612</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420612&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1083284.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Juvy&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 30, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Juvy is a hardworking entrepreneur who buys and sells peanuts in the Philippines. She is borrowing PHP 15,000 through NWTF to purchase additional sacks of peanut to sell.

Juvy has been in this business for 20 years. Juvy earns more income from food vending and raising pigs.

Juvy has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams to build and expand her business to secure the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:20:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420612&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1083284.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Juvy&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Cereals</media:category>
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   <title>Nonalie : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420767</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420767&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1082098.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Nonalie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $675 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 30, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Nonalie is forty years old with three children.

Nonalie works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 28,000 loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell.

Nonalie has borrowed and paid for eighteen loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for twelve years and also earns an income from electronic re-loading.

Nonalie aspires to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:50:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420767&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1082098.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Nonalie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Saturnina : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420779</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420779&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1082126.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Saturnina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$175 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 30, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Saturnina is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a business in the Philippines buying and selling root crops. 

She is borrowing PHP 20000 through NWTF to purchase additional stock to sell for her business buying and selling root crops.

Saturnina has been in this business for 7 years. She earns more income from food vending.

Saturnina has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams of saving money to expand her business in the future.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420779&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1082126.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Saturnina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Food</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Amy : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420782</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420782&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1082189.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Amy&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$175 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 30, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Amy is married and has a sari-sari store in the Philippines. She has been in this business for 15 years, and she works hard to support her family. 

Amy requested a 30,000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy items, such as softdrinks, curlers, and soap, for sale. In the future, Amy would like to save money to expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:10:01 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1082189.jpg" type="image/gif" />
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420782&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1082189.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Amy&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Ester : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420793</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420793&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1082235.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ester&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 30, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Ester is thirty-nine years old and married with two children. With both children in school, Ester works very hard to provide for them.

Ester runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 17,000 loan through NWTF to buy more stock to sell in her general store.

Ester has been in this business for three years and sells a variety of items such as shampoo, canned goods, snack food, and other groceries. 

In the future Ester would like to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:09 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420793&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1082235.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ester&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Judith : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420845</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420845&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1082255.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Judith&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 30, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married mother of four children, Judith works hard to support her family. She has a sari-sari (general store) and also earns additional income from selling food. 
&lt;p&gt;
Judith has been sustaining her store through her past nine loans from NWTF. She is now borrowing 19,000 PHP through NWTF to buy more shampoo, groceries, etc. to sell in her sari-sari. Her ambition is that through hard work she will build and expand her businesses to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:30:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1082255.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420845&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1082255.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Judith&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Salvacion : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420863</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420863&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083297.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Salvacion&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$200 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on Apr 30, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married parent of 4 children, Salvacion works hard to support her family. She has a peanut vending business in the Philippines, and she also earns additional income from selling ready-to-wear clothing. Salvacion is borrowing PHP 25,000 through NWTF to purchase more peanuts for her business.

Salvacion has been sustaining her business activities through her previous 21 loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream of saving money to expand her business and send her children to college.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083297.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420863&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083297.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Salvacion&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Food Production/Sales</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Jocelyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/420866</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420866&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1083306.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jocelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 7, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Jocelyn works hard to support her family. She is married and has a retail peanut business in the Philippines. She has been in this business for 7 years.

Jocelyn has requested a PHP 18,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stocks of peanuts to sell.

In the future, Jocelyn would like to save money to expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 05:20:09 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/420866&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1083306.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Jocelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Food</media:category>
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   <title>Geraldine : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421271</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421271&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083369.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Geraldine&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$200 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 4, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Geraldine is a hard-working entrepreneur who has a ready-to-wear clothing retail business in the Philippines. She is borrowing PHP 17,000 through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell to her customers.

Geraldine has been in this business for three years. Geraldine earns more income from a beauty parlor.

Geraldine has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams of building and expanding her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:40:05 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421271&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083369.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Geraldine&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Clothing Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Narcisa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421282</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421282&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083375.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Narcisa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $350 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 4, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Narcisa is 38 years old and married with 4 children.

Narcisa works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 14000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.

Narcisa has borrowed and paid 7 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 4 years and also earns an income from farming vegetables.

Narcisa aspires to save enough money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:20:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421282&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083375.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Narcisa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Virginia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421283</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421283&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/560275.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Virginia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $575 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 4, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			This is the 13th loan cycle for Virginia who is borrowing PHP 24,000 to fund her home and personal products retail business. This business was previously funded by KIVA partner NWTF to provide Virginia and her family with income that is improving their quality of life.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421283&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/560275.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Virginia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Home Products Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Evelyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421285</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421285&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083401.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 4, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Evelyn is 51 years old and married with four children.She works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and is requesting a PHP 30,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more grocery items for her sari-sari store.

Evelyn has borrowed and successfully paid back 14 previous loans taken from NWTF. She has been running the general store for 24 years, and she also earns income from tricycle transportation.

She aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:40:05 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421285&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083401.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Evelyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421286</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421286&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1083402.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 4, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Evelyn is a hardworking entrepreneur who has owns a sari-sari store in the Philippines. She is borrowing PHP 19,000 through NWTF to purchase more stocks to sell at her general store. Evelyn has been in this business for seven years, and she also earns money from food vending.

Evelyn has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts and with the help from NWTF. She dreams to save enough to provide a secure future for her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:40:05 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421286&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1083402.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evelyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Flordelisa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421287</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421287&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1083404.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Flordelisa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 4, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Flordelisa is 29 years old and married with one child. She works hard to provide for her family. Flordelisa runs a general store in the Philippines and is requesting a PHP 30,000 loan through NWTF to buy items such as soft drinks, canned goods, snack foods and other beverages to sell .

Flordelisa has borrowed and paid back seven loans from NWTF previously. She has been running the general store for two years, and she also earns income from clothing sales. Flordelisa aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421287&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1083404.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Flordelisa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Vilma : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421290</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421290&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083407.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Vilma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 4, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Vilma is 51 years old and married with five children. She works hard to provide for her family. Vilma runs a sari-sari store in the Philippines and is requesting a PHP 19000 loan through NWTF to purchase more goods to sell in her store.

She has borrowed and paid back 15 loans from NWTF previously. She has been running the sari-sari store for 15 years, and also earns income from making and selling dried fish.

Vilma aspires to save enough to be able to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421290&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1083407.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Vilma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Genara : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421711</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421711&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1084078.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Genara&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$200 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Genara is married with 7 children. She is a very hard-working entrepreneur. Genara is 48 years old and has 2 children who are in school.

Genara has a firewood sales business in the Philippines. Genara requested a PHP 18,000 loan amount through NWTF to buy more firewood to sell.

Genara has been in this business for 5 years. In the future, Genara would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421711&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1084078.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Genara&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fuel/Firewood</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Aritas : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421720</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421720&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085997.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Aritas&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Aritas works hard to support her family. Aritas is married and has a fish vending business in the Philippines.

Aritas requested a PHP 19,000 loan through NWTF to purchase additional fish to sell. She has been in this business for 14 years now.

In the future, Aritas would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 06:50:06 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421720&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085997.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Aritas&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Brigida : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421722</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421722&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1086002.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Brigida&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Brigida is 60 years old, married with 7 children. She is a very hard-working entrepreneur. 

Brigida has a fish vending business in the Philippines. Brigida requested a PHP 19,500 loan amount through NWTF to buy more fish to sell.

Brigida has been in this business for 40 years. In the future, Brigida would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 07:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421722&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1086002.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Brigida&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Leodigaria : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421731</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421731&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085226.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Leodigaria&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $400 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Leodigaria works hard to support her family. She is married and has a food vending business in the Philippines. She requested a PHP 16,000 loan through NWTF to buy ingredients for her food production business. She has been in this business for 30 years.

In the future, Leodigaria would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 07:30:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421731&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085226.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Leodigaria&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Food Production/Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Lydia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421734</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421734&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085230.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lydia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 7, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married mother of four children, Lydia works hard to support her family.

She has a fingerlings retail business in the Philippines and also earns additional income from a general store. 

Lydia is borrowing PHP 18,000 through NWTF to buy more fingerlings(young fish) to sell.

Lydia has been sustaining her business activities through her past 11 loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream to save enough to provide a secure future for her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 05:20:09 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421734&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085230.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lydia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Retail</media:category>
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   <title>Yolanda : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421777</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421777&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085294.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Yolanda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $650 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Yolanda is 38 years old and married with two children.  With all her children in school, Yolanda works very hard to provide for them.

Yolanda runs a sari sari store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 27000 loan through NWTF to purchase more goods such as canned goods, snack foods, detergent and other miscellaneous items.

Yolanda has been in this business for 5 years and sells a variety of items such as canned goods, noodles, snack foods, etc. 

In the future Yolanda would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 10:00:59 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421777&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085294.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Yolanda&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Divina : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421780</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421780&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085302.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Divina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Divina is 50 years old and married with five children. With one child in school, she works very hard to provide for them.
Divina runs a general store in the Philippines and has requested a loan of 18,000 PHP through Kiva partner NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.
Divina has been in this business for 15 years and sells a variety of items such as snack foods, detergent, spices and other groceries. In the future she would like to build and expand her business to support the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 12:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421780&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085302.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Divina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Josephine : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421790</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421790&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085315.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Josephine&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Josephine is married with six children. She is a very hard working entrepreneur. Josephine is forty years old and has two children who are in school.

Josephine has a fish vending business in the Philippines. Josephine requested a PHP 25,000 loan amount through NWTF to buy more fish to sell on her stall.

Josephine has been in this business for fifteen years. In the future, Josephine would like to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college and expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 08:30:07 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085315.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421790&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085315.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Josephine&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Marieta : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421823</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421823&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085386.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Marieta&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $500 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Marieta is 65 years old and married with 11 children. Marieta works very hard to provide for them.

Marieta runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 21000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.

Marieta has been in this business for 10 years and sells a variety of items such as sugar, soap, shampoo and groceries. 

In the future, Marieta would like to save enough to provide financial stability for her family.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 10:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421823&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085386.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Marieta&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Margarita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/421824</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421824&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085388.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Margarita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 6, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Margarita works hard to support her family. Margarita is married and has a food vending business in the Philippines.

Margarita requested a PHP 19000 loan through NWTF to buy ingredients for her business.

Margarita has been in this business for 9 years now, and also earns additional income from fish vending.

In the future, Margarita would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 09:50:13 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/421824&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1085388.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Margarita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Food Production/Sales</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Cristina : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422273</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422273&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085461.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Cristina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 7, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Cristina is 29 years old, married, and has one child in school. Cristina works very hard to provide for them. Cristina runs a sari-sari store (variety store) in the Philippines. She has requested a 29,500 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase more inventory to sell.

Cristina has been in this business for five years and sells a variety of items such as detergent, shampoo, snack foods, and other groceries. In the future Cristina would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 09:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422273&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1085461.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Cristina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Perfecta : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422281</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422281&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1086975.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Perfecta&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 7, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Perfecta is 54 years old and married with 10 children.

Perfecta works hard to provide for her family. She runs a mobile tobacco-vending business in the Philippines and requested an 18,000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy additional stock to sell.

Perfecta has borrowed and repaid 14 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the mobile tobacco-vending business for 30 years and also earns an income from raising livestock.

Perfecta aspires to repair and renovate her family home.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422281&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1086975.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Perfecta&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Retail</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Nida : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422286</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422286&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1086977.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Nida&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 7, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Nida is 51 years old and married with 6 children. Nida works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 19500 loan through NWTF to purchase additional items to sell. Nida has borrowed and paid 15 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 14 years and also earns an income from fishing. Nida aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:30:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1086977.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422286&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1086977.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Nida&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Colasa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422762</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422762&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1086926.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Colasa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Colasa is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a buying and selling vegetables and spices business in the Philippines. 

She is borrowing PHP 15,000 through NWTF to buy additional stock to sell in her buying and selling vegetables and spices business.

Colasa has been in this business for 21 years. Colasa earns more income from buying and selling salt.

Colasa has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams of saving money to expand her business in the future.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:50:01 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422762&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1086926.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Colasa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Fruits &amp; Vegetables</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Estrella : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422796</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422796&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087002.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Estrella&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Estrella is 62 years old and married with four children.

Estrella works hard to provide for her family. She runs a sari-sari store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 29,000 loan through NWTF to buy additional items to sell like shampoo, groceries, etc. in her sari-sari store.

Estrella has borrowed and paid back eight loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the sari-sari store for nine years and earns additional income from selling rice.

Estrella aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422796&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087002.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Estrella&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Mercedita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422811</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422811&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087040.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Mercedita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Mercedita is 37 years old and married with 3 children. She works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 29,500 loan through NWTF to buy additional items to sell.

Mercedita has borrowed and repaid 5 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 9 years and also earns an income from farming rice.

Mercedita aspires to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:50:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422811&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087040.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Mercedita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Wilma : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422824</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422824&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087063.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Wilma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$175 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Wilma, 56 years old, is married and has one child currently going to school. She works very hard to provide for her family. For the past 2 years, Wilma has operated a general store in the Philippines. She has requested a PHP 25,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell. In the future, Wilma would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422824&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087063.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Wilma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Perla : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422826</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422826&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087066.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Perla&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Perla, 60 years old, is married and has 6 children. Perla works hard to provide for her family. She has operated a general store in the Philippines for 20 years and also earns an income from pig fattening. Perla has requested a PHP 20,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell. 

Perla has borrowed and repaid 19 loans from NWTF. She hopes to save enough to provide a secure future for her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422826&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087066.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Perla&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Arlene : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422828</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422828&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087170.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Arlene&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Arlene, 52 years old, is married and has 3 children. She works very hard to provide for her family. Arlene has operated a variety store in the Philippines for 30 years, selling a variety of items such as sugar, shampoo and other groceries. She has requested a PHP 20,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell. Arlene would like to build and expand her business to secure her family&#039;s future.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:20:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422828&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087170.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Arlene&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Elisa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422836</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422836&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087179.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elisa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married mother of 9 children, Elisa works hard to support her family.

She has a dried fish retail business in the Philippines and also earns additional income from her general store.  Elisa is borrowing PHP 19,000 through NWTF to buy more dried fish to sell to customers.

Elisa has been sustaining her business activities through her past 9 loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream to save enough money so she could afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422836&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087179.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elisa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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   <title>Isabel : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422838</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422838&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087184.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Isabel&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$200 of $675 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Isabel works hard to support her family. She is married and has a fishing business in the Philippines.

Isabel requested a PHP 28,000 loan through NWTF to buy a new engine for her fishing boat.

She has been in this business for 7 years.

In the future, Isabel would like to save enough to ensure the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:20:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422838&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087184.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Isabel&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fishing</media:category>
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   <title>Ma. Elena : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422852</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422852&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087199.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ma. Elena&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Ma. Elena is 39 years old and married with one child.

Ma. Elena works hard to provide for her family. She runs a sari-sari store in the Philippines and has requested a PHP 18,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.

Ma. Elena has borrowed and paid back 26 loans from NWTF. She has been running the sari-sari store for two years and also earns an income from raising livestock.

Ma. Elena aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:40:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422852&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087199.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ma. Elena&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Juvylyn : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/422885</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422885&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087609.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Juvylyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 8, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Juvylyn is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a fishing business in the Philippines. She is borrowing PHP 20000 through NWTF to purchase additional materials for her fishing business. Juvylyn has been in this business for 3 years. Juvylyn earns more income from food vending. Juvylyn has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She hopes to save money so that she can afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/422885&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087609.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Juvylyn&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fishing</media:category>
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   <title>Aillen : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/423236</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423236&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087616.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Aillen&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 9, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married parent of 4 children, Aillen works hard to support her family. She has a food vending business in the Philippines, and also earns additional income from farming sugarcane.  Aillen is borrowing PHP 19,000 through NWTF to purchase additional ingredients for her food vending business.

Aillen has been sustaining her business activities through her past 7 loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream: to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:00:09 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423236&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087616.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Aillen&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Food Production/Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Ma. Luisa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/423366</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423366&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087619.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ma. Luisa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 9, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Ma. Luisa is 47 years old and married with four children.

Ma. Luisa works hard to provide for her family. She sells Avon products in the Philippines and requested a PHP 30000 loan through NWTF to purchase more products to sell.

Ma. Luisa has borrowed and repaid 14 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been selling Avon products for 18 years and also earns an income from buying and selling livestock.

Ma. Luisa aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:40:08 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423366&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087619.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ma. Luisa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Personal Products Sales</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Irene : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/423372</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423372&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087621.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Irene&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 9, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Irene is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a business buying and selling vegetables in the Philippines. Irene has been in this business for 30 years.

She is borrowing PHP 20,000 through NWTF to purchase more vegetables to sell for her business. Irene earns more income from raising pigs.

Irene has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams of saving money to expand her business in the future.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:20:04 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087621.jpg" type="image/gif" />
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423372&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087621.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Irene&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Fruits &amp; Vegetables</media:category>
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   <title>Charito : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/423373</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423373&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087623.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Charito&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 9, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Charito is 55 years old and married with 5 children. She runs a general store in the Philippines.

Charito works hard to provide for her family. She has requested a loan of PHP 25,000 through NWTF to buy more stock to sell in her general store.

Charito has borrowed and paid 7 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 3 years and also earns an income from buying and selling ready-to-wear clothes.

Charito aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:20:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423373&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087623.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Charito&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Digna : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/423377</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423377&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087625.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Digna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 9, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Digna is twenty-seven years old and married with one child.

Digna works hard to provide for her family. She runs a gasoline retail business in the Philippines and is requesting a loan of 20,000 PHP through NWTF to purchase more gallons of gasoline to sell.

Digna has borrowed and repaid four loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running her gasoline retail business for three years and also earns an income running a general store.

Digna aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:50:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423377&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087625.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Digna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Fuel/Firewood</media:category>
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   <title>Lolita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/423710</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423710&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087630.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lolita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 10, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lolita works hard to support her family. She is married and has a food-vending business in the Philippines. Lolita has been in this business for 30 years.

Lolita has requested a loan of 18000 PHP through NWTF to buy ingredients for her food-vending business.

In the future, Lolita would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:20:11 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/423710&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087630.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lolita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Food Production/Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Maria Helen : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424098</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424098&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087636.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Maria Helen&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Maria Helen works hard to support her family. She is married and has a fish vending business in the Philippines. Maria Helen has been in this business for 28 years now. She requested a 19,500 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase additional fish to sell.

In the future, Maria Helen would like to save enough money so she could afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:10:29 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424098&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087636.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Maria Helen&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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   <title>Tita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424108</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424108&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087667.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Tita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Tita is 43 years old, married, and has four children. She works very hard to provide for them. Tita runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a 15,000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell.

Tita has been in this business for 10 years and sells a variety of items such as sugar, snack foods, milk, canned goods, etc. In the future Tita would like to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:20:01 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424108&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087667.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Tita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Nenita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424113</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424113&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087689.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Nenita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Nenita is 61 years old and married with five children. She earns a living by pig-fattening in the Philippines. Nenita is borrowing 15000 PHP through NWTF to purchase feed and vitamins for her pigs.

Nenita has been raising pigs for ten years and also earns additional income from buying and selling nipa (woven palm mats). She is working tirelessly toward the attainment of her dream: to build and expand her business to secure the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:30:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424113&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087689.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Nenita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Pigs</media:category>
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   <title>Rebecca : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424116</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424116&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087692.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rebecca&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Rebecca is 34 years old and married with three children.

Rebecca works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and has requested a 19000 PHP loan through NWTF to buy additional stock to sell.

Rebecca has borrowed and paid five loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for three years and also earns an income from pig-fattening and electronic re-loading.

Rebecca aspires to save enough money so she can send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:40:02 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087692.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424116&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087692.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Rebecca&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Glesandra : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424124</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424124&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087701.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Glesandra&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married parent of seven children, Glesandra works hard to support her family.

She has a rice grains retail business in the Philippines, and also earns additional income from pig-fattening. Glesandra is borrowing PHP 19,500 through NWTF to purchase additional sacks of rice grains to sell for her rice grains business.

Glesandra has been sustaining her business activities through her past seven loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:30:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424124&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1087701.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Glesandra&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Cereals</media:category>
   <media:credit role="producer">kiva</media:credit>
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    <item>
   <title>Francisco : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424125</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424125&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087704.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Francisco&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $500 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Francisco is 61 years old and married with six children.

Francisco works hard to provide for his family. He runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 21,000 loan through NWTF to buy more stock to sell.

Francisco has borrowed and paid nine loans from NWTF before this loan. He has been running the general store for forty years and also earns an income from retailing rice and vegetables.

Francisco aspires to save money to expand his business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:50:18 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087704.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424125&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087704.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Francisco&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Amparo : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424154</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424154&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087706.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Amparo&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Amparo is 61 years old and married with nine children.

Amparo works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 15,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock of goods to sell.

Amparo has borrowed and paid nine loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 40 years and also earns an income from rice retail.

Amparo aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087706.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424154&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1087706.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Amparo&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Lorna : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424163</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424163&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089435.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lorna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lorna is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a fishing business in the Philippines. 

She is borrowing PHP 18,000 through NWTF to buy fishing nets, bamboo, and other equipment for her fishing business.

Lorna has been in this business for 14 years. Lorna earns more income from a general store.

Lorna has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:30:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424163&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089435.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lorna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fishing</media:category>
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   <title>Letecia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424164</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424164&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089441.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Letecia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Letecia is 62 years old and widowed with 3 children.

Letecia works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 18,000 loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell like detergent, snack foods, and other miscellaneous items.

Letecia has borrowed and paid 17 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 20 years and also earns an income from dressmaking.

Letecia aspires to save enough money so she can afford to send her grandchildren to school.


   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089441.jpg" type="image/gif" />
   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424164&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089441.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Letecia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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  </item>
    <item>
   <title>Teresita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424172</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424172&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089499.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Teresita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Teresita is 56 years old and married with 2 children.

Teresita works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 20,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.

Teresita has borrowed and paid 8 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 4 years and also earns an income from food vending and vegetables vending.

Teresita aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424172&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089499.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Teresita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Tessie : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424173</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424173&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089505.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Tessie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$150 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Tessie is 45 years old and married with 2 children.

Tessie is in the agricultural business raising livestock in the Philippines. Tessie requested a PHP 17,000 loan through NWTF to buy feed and vitamins for her livestock.

Tessie has been raising livestock for 10 years now and has borrowed 7 times in the past from NWTF and more recently, from Kiva, to sustain it.

She is working tirelessly toward the attainment of her dream: to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:10:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424173&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1089505.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Tessie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   <media:category>Livestock</media:category>
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   <title>Estrellita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424174</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424174&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090228.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Estrellita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $275 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Estrellita is 43 years old and married with 4 children. With 3 children in school, Estrellita works very hard to provide for them.

Estrellita runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 11,500 loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell.

Estrellita has been in this business for 10 years and sells a variety of items such as sugar, soap, detergent, snack foods, and other groceries. 

In the future, Estrellita would like to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424174&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090228.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Estrellita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Esterlita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424176</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424176&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090231.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Esterlita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Esterlita works hard to support her family. She is married and has a fishing business in the Philippines.

Esterlita requested a PHP 12,000 loan through NWTF to buy fishing nets and other equipment for fishing.

She has been in this business for 5 years.

In the future, Esterlita would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:20:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424176&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090231.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Esterlita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Fishing</media:category>
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   <title>Lagrimas : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424178</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424178&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090243.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lagrimas&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $550 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lagrimas is 44 years old, married and has one kid who is in school. She is a very hardworking entrepreneur. 

Lagrimas has a sari-sari store business in the Philippines. She requested a PHP 23000 loan amount through NWTF to purchase more items like snack foods, detergent and other groceries.

Lagrimas has been in this business for 5 years. In the future, she would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424178&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090243.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lagrimas&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Anaclita : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/424186</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424186&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090263.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Anaclita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 11, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Anaclita is 57 years old and married with 4 children.

Anaclita works hard to provide for her family. She runs a nipa (woven palm mats) retail business in the Philippines and requested a PHP 15000 loan through NWTF to purchase additional stock to sell.

Anaclita has borrowed and paid 19 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the nipa (woven palm mats) retail business for 20 years and also earns an income from rice retail.

Anaclita aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:20:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/424186&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090263.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Anaclita&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Retail</media:category>
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   <title>Johna : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425316</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425316&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090280.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Johna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married parent of one child, Johna works hard to support her family.

She has a business of selling used clothing in the Philippines, and also earns additional income from fish and food vending. Johna is borrowing 30,000 Philippines pesos (PHP) through NWTF to purchase additional bundles of used clothes to sell for her selling used clothing business.

Johna has been sustaining her business activities through her past 17 loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream to save money to expand her business.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 19:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425316&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090280.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Johna&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Used Clothing</media:category>
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   <title>Mera : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425320</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425320&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090289.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Mera&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Mera is 56 years old and married with one child.

Mera works hard to provide for her family. She runs a nipa (woven palm mats) retail business in the Philippines and requested a PHP 29500 loan through NWTF to buy more stocks to sell.

Mera has borrowed and paid 15 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the nipa (woven palm mats) retail business for eight years and also earns an income from farming nipa.

Mera aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 20:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425320&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090289.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Mera&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Retail</media:category>
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   <title>Lilia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425331</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425331&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090343.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lilia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lilia is forty years old and married with three children.

Lilia works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and has requested a loan of 30,000 PHP through NWTF to buy additional stocks to sell.

Lilia has borrowed and repaid twelve loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for ten years and also earns an income raising pigs.

Lilia aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 20:30:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425331&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090343.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lilia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Wilma : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425337</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425337&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090369.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Wilma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			This time, for her 8th cycle loan, Wilma is borrowing PHP 19000 to continue funding for her general store business. Violeta&#039;s business was previously funded through KIVA partner and NWTF to continue to provide her, and her family, with income to improve their standard of living.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 21:40:07 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425337&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090369.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Wilma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Elsa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425343</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425343&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090410.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elsa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Elsa is 55 years old and married with 4 children. She works very hard to provide for them.

Elsa runs a general store in the Philippines and has requested a loan of 15,000 PHP through NWTF to buy stocks to sell.

Elsa has been in this business for 10 years and sells a variety of items such as eggs, noodles, canned goods and spices. 

In the future, Elsa would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:30:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425343&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090410.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elsa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Florentina : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425344</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425344&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090412.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Florentina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Florentina is 59 years old and married with 7 children. She is a very hardworking entrepreneur. 

Florentina has a general store business in the Philippines. Florentina has requested a loan in the amount of 18,000 PHP through NWTF to buy additional items to sell, like shampoo and groceries, in her general store.

Florentina has been in this business for 6 years. In the future, she would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:40:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425344&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090412.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Florentina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Gemma : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425345</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425345&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090415.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gemma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $425 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 13, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Gemma is 53 years old, is married, and has five children, one of whom is in school.
Gemma is in the agricultural business, raising pigs in the Philippines. Gemma requested a loan of PHP 18,000 through NWTF to buy feeds and vitamins for her pigs.
Gemma has been raising pigs for ten years now and has previously borrowed eight times from NWTF to sustain her business.
In the future, Gemma would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:20:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425345&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1090415.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gemma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Pigs</media:category>
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   <title>Roselle : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425360</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425360&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090442.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Roselle&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $725 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Roselle is 48 years old and married with 3 children.

Roselle works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 30000 loan through NWTF to purchase additional items to sell.

Roselle has borrowed and paid 9 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 7 years and also earns an income from electronic re-loading.

Roselle aspires to build and expand her business to secure the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:50:09 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425360&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1090442.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Roselle&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Evangeline : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425413</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425413&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1091305.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evangeline&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Evangeline is 56 years old and married with 2 children. She works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 19,000 loan through NWTF to purchase additional goods to sell.

She has borrowed and paid 11 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 3 years and also earns an income from fattening pigs and vending vegetables.

Evangeline aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425413&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1091305.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Evangeline&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Premitiva : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425431</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425431&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1091402.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Premitiva&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$100 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Premitiva is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a business buying and selling dried fish in the Philippines. She is borrowing PHP 19,500 through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell for her dried fish business.

Premitiva has been in this business for 25 years. She earns more income from fish vending.

Premitiva has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams of saving money so that she can afford to send her children to college in the future.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:30:09 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425431&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1091402.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Premitiva&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fish Selling</media:category>
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   <title>Gemma : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425466</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425466&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1091508.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gemma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$75 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married parent of 4 children, Gemma works hard to support her family. She has a fishing business in the Philippines, and also earns additional income from tailoring and fish vending. Gemma is borrowing 25,000 PHP through NWTF to buy a new engine and fishnets for her fishing business.

Gemma has been sustaining her business activities through her past 19 loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream to save enough money to have a sari-sari store.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:50:01 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425466&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1091508.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gemma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Fishing</media:category>
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   <title>Gloria : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425468</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425468&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1091509.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gloria&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $450 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Gloria works hard to support her family. She is married and has a sari-sari (variety) store business in the Philippines.

Gloria requested a PHP 19,000 loan through NWTF to buy items to sell such as rice, dried fish, canned goods, etc.

She has been in this business for two years.

In the future, Gloria would like to build and expand her business to support the financial stability of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:40:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425468&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1091509.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gloria&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Mildred : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425475</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425475&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1091521.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Mildred&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $700 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Mildred, 50, is married and has seven children; two are in school. She is a very hardworking entrepreneur. 

Mildred has a sari-sari (variety) store business in the Philippines. Mildred requested a PHP 29,000 loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell, such as bread, soft-drinks, canned goods and other miscellaneous items.

Mildred has been in this business for 23 years. In the future, Mildred would like to save enough money to put up a mini grocery store at a public market.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425475&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1091521.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Mildred&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Estela : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425479</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425479&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1091529.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Estela&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $525 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Estela works hard to support her family. She is married and has a fermented shrimp (guinamos) business in the Philippines. She has been in this business for eight years.

Estela requested a PHP 22,000 loan through NWTF to buy more shrimp to use for making guinamos.


In the future, Estela would like to save enough money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:50:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425479&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1091529.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Estela&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>Food Production/Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Letecia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425490</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425490&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1092272.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Letecia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $600 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Letecia is 55 years old and married with nine children.

Letecia works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a 25,000 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase more items to sell.

Letecia has previously borrowed and repaid nine loans from NWTF. She has been running the general store for eight years and also earns an income from farming sugarcane.

Letecia aspires to build and expand her business to secure the financial stability of her family.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:10:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425490&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1092272.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Letecia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Luz : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/425497</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425497&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1092349.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Luz&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$125 of $375 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 14, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Luz is a hardworking entrepreneur who has a food vending business in the Philippines. She is borrowing 15,000 PHP through NWTF to buy ingredients for her food vending business. Luz has been in this business for five years. Luz earns more income from fish vending.

Luz has been sustaining her business activities through her own efforts and with the help of the loans from NWTF. She dreams to save money so she can afford to send her children to college in the future.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:30:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/425497&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1092349.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Luz&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Food Production/Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Lucia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/428975</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/428975&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1095880.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lucia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Lucia is 57 years old and married with seven children. She works very hard to provide for them.

Lucia runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 20,000 loan through NWTF to buy more items to sell.

Lucia has been in this business for 10 years and sells a variety of items, such as coffee, milk, soap and sardines, etc.

In the future, Lucia would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 01:50:01 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/428975&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1095880.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Lucia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
   </media:text>
   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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    <item>
   <title>Sylvia : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429072</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429072&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1095978.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Sylvia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $350 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Sylvia is 45 years old and married with six children. She works hard to provide for her family.

Sylvia runs a sari-sari (variety) store in the Philippines and requested a loan of 15,000 Philippines pesos (PHP) through NWTF to buy more items to sell like snack foods, noodles, and other miscellaneous items.

Sylvia has borrowed and paid loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the sari-sari store for 15 years and also earns an income from rice retailing. She aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.
   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:20:23 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429072&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1095978.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Sylvia&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Magdalena : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429079</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429079&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096096.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Magdalena&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $350 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Magdalena works hard to support her family. She is married and has a ready-to-wear business in the Philippines.

Magdalena requested a PHP 15,000 loan through NWTF to buy umbrellas, shirts, blouses, and slippers to sell.

She has been in this business for eight years.

In the future, Magdalena would like to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:30:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429079&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096096.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Magdalena&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
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   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Retail</media:category>
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   <title>Ninfa : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429086</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429086&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096835.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ninfa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Ninfa is 58 years old and married with two children.

Ninfa works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 20,000 loan through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell.

Ninfa has borrowed and paid thirteen loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for twenty years and also earns an income from selling frozen foods.

Ninfa aspires to save money to expand her business.

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   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:40:02 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429086&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096835.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Ninfa&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Shirley : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429096</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429096&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096857.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Shirley&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Shirley is married with five children. She is a very hard working entrepreneur. Shirley is 50 years old and has two children who are in school.

Shirley has a personal products sales business in the Philippines. Shirley requested a PHP 12000 loan amount through NWTF to buy more personal products to sell to customers.

Shirley has been in this business for 2 years. In the future, Shirley would like to save money to expand her business and send her children her children to school.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:01:00 PDT</pubDate>
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   <media:text type="html">
   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429096&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1096857.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Shirley&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>Personal Products Sales</media:category>
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   <title>Gina : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429534</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429534&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096980.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $325 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 22, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Gina is 32 years old and married with 2 children.

Gina works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 13000 loan through NWTF to buy additional items to sell.

Gina has borrowed and paid 8 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 6 years and also earns an income from electronic reloading.

Gina aspires to save enough money so she could afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:50:12 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429534&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096980.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Gina&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <title>Buelah : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429538</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429538&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096988.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Buelah&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 23, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Buelah is 52 years old and married with three children.

Buelah works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 19500 loan through NWTF to buy items like shampoo, groceries, etc. to sell in her sari-sari store.

Buelah has borrowed and paid 12 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 7 years and also earns an income from motorcycle transportation.

Buelah aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:30:06 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429538&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1096988.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Buelah&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Emma : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429540</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429540&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101604.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Emma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 23, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			As a married mother of seven children, Emma works hard to support her family.

She has a general store business in the Philippines, and also earns additional income from pig fattening and food vending.  Emma is borrowing PHP 20000 through NWTF to purchase more stock to sell for her general store business.

Emma has been sustaining her business activities through her past 22 loans from NWTF. She hopes that her hard work will help her attain her dream to save enough to provide a secure future for her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429540&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1101604.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Emma&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Maridel : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429545</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429545&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101613.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Maridel&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$50 of $350 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 23, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Maridel is 37 years old and married with five children.

Maridel works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 15000 loan through NWTF to buy items like shampoo, groceries, etc. to sell in her sari-sari store.

Maridel has borrowed and paid 18 loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for 10 years and also earns an income from farming rice.

Maridel aspires to save money to expand her business.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:50:01 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101613.jpg" type="image/gif" />
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429545&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/s100/1101613.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Maridel&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Elizabeth : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/429664</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429664&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1097002.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elizabeth&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $475 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 23, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Elizabeth is 47 years old, married and the mother of nine children, five of whom are enrolled in school. She works very hard to provide for her family by running a variety store in the Philippines. Elizabeth has been in this line of work for nine years, and sells a variety of items such as detergent, soap and other miscellaneous items. She is requesting a loan for PHP 20,000 through NWTF to buy more goods to sell in her variety store. In the future, she would like to save enough money to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:00:55 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/429664&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1097002.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elizabeth&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Elvie : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430182</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430182&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1099740.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elvie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$25 of $300 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 24, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Elvie is 49 years old and married with four children.

Elvie works hard to provide for her family. She runs a general store in the Philippines and requested a PHP 13,000 loan through NWTF to buy items like shampoo, groceries, etc. to sell in her sari-sari (variety) store.

Elvie has borrowed and paid two loans from NWTF before this loan. She has been running the general store for three years and also earns an income from hog raising.

Elvie aspires to build and expand her business to secure the future of her family.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:40:03 PDT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1099740.jpg" type="image/gif" />
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430182&quot;&gt;
   &lt;img src=&quot;http://s3-1.kiva.org/img/s100/1099740.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Elvie&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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   <media:category>General Store</media:category>
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   <title>Emily Joane : Philippines</title>
   <link>http://www.kiva.org/lend/430555</link>
   <description>
   		&lt;p&gt;
   		   		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430555&quot;&gt;
   		&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/img/s100/1099972.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; alt=&quot;photo&quot; title=&quot;Emily Joane&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
   		&lt;/a&gt;
   		   		   		&lt;b&gt;$0 of $350 raised.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

   			Started raising funds on May 25, 2012
   			&lt;br/&gt;
   		   		&lt;br/&gt;
   			Emily Joane works hard to support her family. She is married and has a sari-sari store business in the Philippines. She has been in this business for 2 years.

Emily Joane requested a 15,000 PHP loan through NWTF to purchase more items like detergent, soap and other groceries to sell.

In the future, Emily Joane would like to save enough money so she could afford to send her children to college.

   		&lt;/p&gt;
   		&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 07:50:04 PDT</pubDate>
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   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kiva.org/lend/430555&quot;&gt;
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   &lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;
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